The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is planning to phase out its internal medicine residency program at McKeesport (Pa.) hospital, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to Becker's Nov. 26.  

Pontiac (Mich.) General Hospital is seeking Chapter 11 protection after it filed a WARN notice Nov. 15 to lay off 248 employees after learning it had lost Medicare funding. 

Four leaders joined Becker's to discuss what Donald Trump's upcoming presidency and various leadership appointments could mean for ASCs, and how they should prepare. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has closed its Asheville (N.C.) Specialty Hospital, a long-term acute care hospital owned by Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health. 

A Philadelphia jury awarded $6.8 million to the descendants of a patient who died from an allegedly botched liver procedure, The Legal Intelligencer reported Nov. 26. 

Becker's has reported on five multimillion-dollar Stark law penalties in 2024:

Becker's has reported on five ASC controversies in the last month.

The Colorado Medical Board has ordered two clinics in Colorado Springs to shutter due to allegedly practicing medicine without a license, Fox 21 News reported Nov. 21.

Family medicine physician Kristen Clark, MD, is closing her practice, Ellicott City, Md.-based Well Being Medical Care, part of Privia Health, Dec. 4. 

Cancer patients in rural Tennessee are testing virtual visits from hologram health consultants, Fox 26 News reported Nov. 23. 

The co-founder of a Christian "healthcare sharing ministry" in St. Joseph, Mo., has been sentenced for his role in an $8 million wire fraud conspiracy that defrauded hundreds of members of the charity. 

A federal district court in Mississippi has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Corinth, Miss.-based Magnolia Regional Health Center and its joint venture cancer center, Magnolia Cancer Center, alleging Stark law and antikickback violations, JDSupra reported Nov. 22. 

In 2023, malpractice verdicts hit a record high, with 57 medical malpractice verdicts of $10 million or more, and more than half of those verdicts exceeding $25 million. 

A medical malpractice suit was filed Nov. 15 against Akira Yamamoto, MD, Lynette Tschabold, PA-C, Scott Morley and several parties under the Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation, a network of Sutter Health-affiliated physicians, Northern California Record reported Nov. 24.  

Two physicians in Fresno, Calif., have agreed to collectively pay more than $2.4 million to resolve allegations that they participated in a kickback scheme involving directing prescriptions to a group of mail-order pharmacies in two separate settlements. 

Baltimore has been named the richest U.S. city — not for its annual personal income, but due to its high concentration of wealthy households, according to a recent study from property manager Evernest. 

In the third quarter of the year, a health system's median investment/subsidy per physician totaled $304,312, rising above $300,000 for the first time ever, according to a Nov. 12 report from Kaufman Hall.

The owner and operator of a Texas lab was charged for his role in a $79 million testing fraud scheme. 

A man in West New York, N.J., was sentenced to 41 months in prison for 11 counts of defrauding the government out of more than $4.72 million and transacting the proceedings, according to a Nov. 18 release by the Department of Justice. 

In one day, Becker's reported on three physician clinic closures, citing reasons ranging from safety concerns and physician retirement.